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The good girls revolt : how the women of Newsweek sued their bosses and changed the workplace

On March 16, 1970, the day Newsweek published a cover story on the fledgling feminist movement, forty-six Newsweek women charged the magazine with discrimination in hiring and promotion. It was the first female class action lawsuit, and it inspired other women in the media to follow suit. Povich was one of the ringleaders. She tells the story of this dramatic turning point through the lives of several participants, and shows how personal experiences and cultural shifts led a group of well-mannered, largely apolitical women to challenge their bosses-- and what happened after they did.Read more...

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The untold story of an uprising that transformed the Mad Men office culture: its bittersweet impact on the women involved, and what has-and hasn't-changedRead more...

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Gloria Steinem "The Good Girls Revolt is as compelling as any novel, and also an accurate, intimate history of new women journalists invading the male journalistic world of the 1970s. Lynn Povich turns this epic revolt into a lesson on why and how we've just begun." Jeannette Walls"A meticulously reported and highly readable account of a pivotal time in the women's movement." Kirkus"Povich's in-depth research, narrative skills and eyewitness observations provide an entertaining and edifying look at a pivotal event in women's history." New York Times "The personal and the political are deftly interwoven in the fast-moving narrative... The Good Girls Revolt has many timely lessons for working women who are concerned about discrimination today...But this sparkling, informative book may help move these goals a tiny bit closer." Boston Globe"Solidly researched and should interest readers who care about feminist history and how gender issues play out in the culture." Macleans"Povich's memoir of the tortuous, landmark battle that paved the way for a generation of female writers and editors is illuminating in its details [and] casts valuable perspective on a trail-blazing case that shouldn't be forgotten." American Journalism Review"[Povich] strikes a fair tone, neither naive nor sanctimonious... Among her achievements is a complex portrait of Newsweek Editor Osborn Elliott and his path from defensive adversary to understanding ally." Liesl Schillinger, New York Times "Women still have a long way to go, the journalist Lynn Povich rousingly reminds readers in The Good Girls Revolt, her fascinating (and long overdue) history of the class-action lawsuit undertaken by four dozen female researchers and underlings at Newsweek magazine four decades ago... If ever a book could remind women to keep their white gloves off and to keep fighting the good fight, this is the one." Washingtonian"Crisp, revealing... [A] taut, firsthand account of how a group of razor-sharp, courageous women successfully fought back against institutional sexism at one of the country's most esteemed publications." Philadelphia Inquirer "With vivid recollections of the author and major and minor participants, Povich, a party to the suit, succeeds in making recent history enraging, poignant, and even sexy."Read more...